Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot. Humid with highs in the mid 90s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat index values up to 104.

Wednesday night:

Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows in the upper 70s. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.

Thursday:

Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the lower 90s. North winds around 5 mph. Becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent.

Thursday night:

Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 40 percent.

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"Regarding the upcoming reunion for the 1962 Bridgeton Babe Ruth World Series Reunion, scheduled for Saturday, July 28, at the Southern New Jersey Museum and All Sports Hall of Fame, I thought I'd try one last time to locate the surviving members of the Bridgeton host team.

"We have not heard from:

Stanley Zoyac

Raymond Quinn

Jake Johnson Jr.

"All surviving members of the 1962 NJ Group IV Baseball Champions of BHS have been contacted and most will be attending their reunion on Saturday, Aug. 4.

"If anyone knows of their whereabouts, it would be appreciated if they would contact me at 856-455-5168.

Teens, 12-18, are invited watch anime on our big screen while we make a cool manga keepsake box. Please register.

Funded by a Community Development Block Grant. To be held at the Ashley McCormick Center, 40 E. Commerce Street.

Friends of the Bridgeton Library Meeting

Tonight, 7 p.m.

Come out and learn how you can help your library. New members are always welcome!

Baby Time!

Thursday, July 19, at 10:30 a.m.

Babies, ages 6 to 23 months, and their parents or a caregiver are invited to Baby Story Time!

Babies will enjoy simple stories, nursery rhymes and songs.

No registration is necessary.

To be held on the main floor of the library.

Visit from the Philadelphia Eagles’ Book Mobile and Story Book Man

Thursday, July 19 at 11 a.m.

Children of all ages are invited to listen to stories read by the Philadelphia Eagles’ Story Book Man.

Each child will receive a free book.

To be held on the main floor of the library.

Buddy’s Big Dream Program

Thursday, July 19, 7 p.m.

Children ages 2 and up are invited to journey through the mind of a dreaming Chihuahua named Buddy, and help him discover what he wants to become through his many costume changes and entertaining tricks.

Buddy, main character of Buddy’s Rainy Day and What’s Wrong Buddy, will be here along with author Jo Denise Muller, and illustrator, Danett D. Bolton.

No registration is required. Funded by the Friends of the Bridgeton Library.

To be held at the Ashley McCormick Center, 40 E. Commerce Street.

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Let's go back two years at the library:

To the Editor:

It was not a good scene Tuesday night inside the Bridgeton Library. Tears were flowing and the library’s staff was upset.

Why were they crying? Some members of the library’s board of trustees had informed staff representatives of the board’s plans for the library when the new year begins on July 1. These plans include eliminating all the staff positions as of June 30, then restructuring the library so it will be open six days per week, but only four hours per day.

Those staff members who they lay off will be invited to apply for the restructured positions, limited to 19 hours per week at $8 per hour and no benefits.

Are you kidding me? There are several librarians in that building who have been there more than 20 years. Is this the way our library trustees treat loyal staff members? No wonder those ladies were crying. No wonder they were upset.

There was a meeting of the Friends of the Bridgeton Library that night and I attended it, but got there early. I went into our regular meeting room and some of the trustees were already meeting there. I sat down and was told they were in contract negotiations and was invited to leave.

Another member of our Friends group arrived late and found several of the librarians in tears. She asked what was going on and they told her they were just informed they were getting the ax.

Needless to say, it really set our Friends group back. Here we were planning some fundraisers to support the library and this came out of the blue.

Are you kidding me? The trustee board has decided to pull the rug out from under us.

Are you kidding me? We have the Save The Library! group who has raised more than $40,000 and have put a new roof on the historic part of the building that was built in 1816. And now they are ready to sign a contract to have the brickwork on the building pointed. So is all this work they are doing for a building that will only be open four hours per day?

I suggest that every Bridgeton resident attend the next Trustee Board meeting (scheduled for June 22) and the next Bridgeton City Council meeting (scheduled for June 1) and ask our city leaders if this is really what they want for our city library.

If this is not what you want, inform them that this is unacceptable!

John Simons

Bridgeton

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It might be the greatest letter ever written.

And the library survived!

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Gov. Chris Christie — rebuffed by Democrats on two recent choices for the state Supreme Court — plans to nominate Superior Court Judge Lee Solomon, a former federal and state prosecutor, to the bench.

The nomination is expected to be announced soon, according to two people who asked to remain anonymous because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.

The 57-year-old Solomon, of Haddonfield, has also served as head of the Board of Public Utilities, a state assemblyman and Camden County freeholder.